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Kanji Information Sheet for 地 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 土 (つち) – earth
Henshall Mnemonic: land with odd twisting creatures on ground
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #40 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #40 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 生地 [きじ]
(n) (1) cloth; material; texture; (2) ones true character; (3) unglazed pottery [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地平線 [ちへいせん]
(n) horizon [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方 [ちほう]
(n) area; locality; district; region; the coast [K] [D] [Jisho] - 土地 [とち]
(n) plot of land; lot; soil [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地 [ち]
(n,n-suf) earth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地位 [ちい]
(n) (social) position; status [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地域 [ちいき]
(n) area; region [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地下 [ちか]
(n) basement; underground [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地球 [ちきゅう]
(adj-no,n) the earth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地区 [ちく]
(n) district; section; sector [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 地帯 [ちたい]
(n) area; zone [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地点 [ちてん]
(n) site; point on a map [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地盤 [じばん]
(n) (the) ground [K] [D] [Jisho] - 盆地 [ぼんち]
(n) basin (e.g. between mountains) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 基地 [きち]
(n) base [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地味 [じみ]
(adj-na,n) plain; simple [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地名 [ちめい]
(n) place name [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地面 [じめん]
(n) ground; earth's surface [K] [D] [Jisho] - 意地悪 [いじわる]
(adj-na,n) malicious; ill-tempered; unkind [K] [D] [Jisho] - 産地 [さんち]
(n) producing area [K] [D] [Jisho] - 敷地 [しきち]
(n) site [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 地蔵 [じぞう]
(n) Ksitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); the Receptacle of Earth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 着地 [ちゃくち]
(n,vs) landing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生息地 [せいそくち]
(n) habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地中 [ちちゅう]
(n) underground; subterranean [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地中海 [ちちゅうかい]
Mediterranean Sea [K] [D] [Jisho] - 立地 [りっち]
(n) location [K] [D] [Jisho] - 戦地 [せんち]
(n) front (in battle) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地道 [じみち]
(adj-na,n) steady [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地肌 [じはだ]
(n) texture; grain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 意気地 [いくじ]
(n) self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地表 [ちひょう]
(n) surface of the earth; ground surface [K] [D] [Jisho] - 奥地 [おうち]
(n) interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions [K] [D] [Jisho] - 窮地 [きゅうち]
(n) dilemma; predicament [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原産地 [げんさんち]
(n) place of origin; home; habitat [K] [D] [Jisho] - 辺地 [へんち]
(n) remote place [K] [D] [Jisho] - 平地 [ひらち]
(n) level ground; plain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方議会 [ちほうぎかい]
local assembly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 居心地 [いごこち]
(n) comfort [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方公共団体 [ちほうこうきょうだんたい]
(n) local public body [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方公務員 [ちほうこうむいん]
local government employee [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方行政 [ちほうぎょうせい]
local administration [K] [D] [Jisho] - 布地 [きれじ]
(n) cloth; fabric [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方自治 [ちほうじち]
local (governmental) autonomy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方自治体 [ちほうじちたい]
(n) local self-governing body [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方税 [ちほうぜい]
(n) local taxes [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.